19-year-old killed after car vs. truck collision Saturday

A man died after a car vs. semi accident Saturday morning east of Iliff while he was being transported to Denver from Sterling Regional MedCenter, according to Colorado State Patrol.

At 9:40 a.m., 19-year-old Lloyd Wayne Deaver of Grant, Neb., turned east onto Highway 138 in a 1996 Buick Regal when the driver side door of his vehicle was struck by a westbound International truck in the center of the road. He had stopped at the stop sign at the intersection, but proceeded before the truck could pass.

Deaver was then transported to the MedCenter, and was being transported by Flight For Life when he died.

CSP spokesperson Nate Reed said officers didn't know how fast the truck was traveling at the time of the collision, but said that there was not a stop sign on Highway 138 at that intersection. The truck driver, 57-year-old Ronald Kuskie of Iliff, was uninjured in the accident. No charges were filed against him.